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After finishing in a tie for fourth in Class AAAAA with Lakeside High School in 2013, the Greenbrier boys golf team is faring well in the 2014 season.

The Wolfpack won the Gwinnett Open on March 15 in Winder, Ga. at The Chimneys Golf Course. Facing 15 other high schools, the Wolfpack topped second-place finisher Blessed Trinity 187-185 using the Stableford Scoring System.

Greenbrier High School boys soccer coach Graeme Connolly and girls coach Wes Kendrick violated the most basic of coach-speak rules this week. Instead of bemoaning their respective close losses to state powerhouse McIntosh a week ago, the coaches basically acknowledged it as a moral victory.

I hope they don’t get in trouble for breaking the code.

The McIntosh squads came to Blanchard Woods Park virtually identical with the boys sporting a 8-0 record and as the top ranked team in Class AAAAA while the girls were 7-0 and ranked No. 2.

Former Greenbrier baseball star Brandon Cumpton made his big league debut a year ago with the Pittsburgh Pirates. And, with Pittsburgh’s pitching depleted by injury, Cumpton was able to make six appearances (five starts).

He was impressive, going 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA in 31 innings of work. That alone turned a few heads in the Pittsburgh front office.

However, looking deeper into the numbers brought more reason for Pittsburgh to pay close attention to the sturdy right-hander.

While the Harlem High School Bulldogs weren't as crisp as head coach Jimmie Lewis would have liked, they were still able to come away with a win Friday night.Playing host to the Laney Wildcats, the Bulldogs scored nine of their 10 runs with two outs, running their record to 6-8 overall and 4-0 in Region 3-AA with the 10-3 win.

With Lakeside High School running roughshod over the county, Wednesday’s tennis match between Greenbrier and Evans was essentially to grab control of second place in Region 2A-AAAAA.

In the first of back-to-back matches, the Greenbrier girls and Evans boys got a leg up.

The Lady Wolfpack took care of Evans quickly, winning all three singles matches in straight sets, going on to the 5-0 win. In boys play, The Knights won two of three singles matches and cruised to a 4-1 win.

Just a sophomore, Grovetown High School’s Ben Jean is starting to make his presence known.

“We went down to Savannah on Saturday (March 8) and he ran in the 100 meter against 54 other athletes and he finished fourth,” said Grovetown track head coach Rodney Tyson. “Darius (Watkins) won. He’s right there with him and he’s only a sophomore. He’s got time to develop.”

Jean would run with his father when he did PT and started running track in sixth grade. Along the way he’s run sprints and distance events, been on relay teams and been a long jumper.